[kj] Linkin Park - more suns

[fluw]

Yes, I suppose the librarian thought she was hip in suggesting KISS for a
good source of rock n roll ... alas.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Brendan
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:06 PM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

You went to a librarian asking for something to rock out to. That's akin
to clicking on your gathering email folder for a touch of balance and
perspective.


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> I already had bo diddley on 45 that's the problem.he rocked and rolled and

> hit like a fucking jack hammer, while kiss licked doo doo off of old

> people

> diapers trying to do a waltz! As a youngster exploring music i wanted

> current music that rocked and rolled and they ( the library employees)

> gave

> me fucking poo for clowns with no rhythm.

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> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> On

> Behalf Of sade1

> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:26 PM

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

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> Really! That's what I fuckin' thought.  He should've written a paper on it

> then n' there!

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>

> But, back to Fluw..

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> I think that librarian steered you wrong - and in the process put the halt

> on your liking any metal in future. Or maybe that's what that librarian

> wanted all along???

>

> Now, I would've steered a 9 year old to some live Cheap Trick (BDKN?),

> Queen

> or Led Zeppelin's "Song Remains The Same." Or Bo Diddley, too.

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> From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 11:13:04 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

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> That's some pretty complex thinking at 9 years old!

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> Leigh

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> --

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> http://www.nightruiner.com

> http://www.tstat.org

> http://www.myspace.com/streetmeatmusic

> http://www.myspace.com/lauderdale

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> From: fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 12:26:54 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> Same here, most metal music has always struck me as stilted & lifeless.and

> having nothing to do with rock n roll.

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>

>

> When first asking a librarian as a 9 year old kid in the 70's if they "had

> any rock n roll music I could check out", they sent me home with some KISS

> record. I got home put the vinyl on and wondered why this "rock n roll"

> had

> no power, no groove, no movement. I took the term literally I guess, you

> know like "the music would have this sonic motion of rocking and rolling".

> i

> remember thinking " it sounds like old people making something fake, like

> music for the background of a movie that they didn't like...it didn't

> sound

> fun or like the people making it where having fun, and best I remember,

> that

> young interpretation of fun to mean 'similar to the way a live band sounds

> when everyone is improvising and in a moment with themselves and an

> audience.

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>

> To me Metal never had life, it always sounded like a cessation of energy,

> sound without motion or any naturally motivated direction, like a pond

> choked of algae.contaminated, stifling, it's there but meh.

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>

> Killing joke #1 was interesting, very much so, I listened and liked it.

> but

> all attempts by killing joke to play metalish since have succeeded

> miserably

> in reminding me that I could care less for the sonic contributions of

> those

> genres.

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> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> On

> Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON

> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:31 PM

> To: gathering

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

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> I'll have to admit, I never "got" metal, during any of it's incarnations

> (70s, 80s hair, 90s death/dirt or whatever, 2000s d-beat nu metal).

> I mean, the guitars sound great on this Judas track, but there's no song

> here (except for one note), and the singer just sounds (and looks) silly.

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> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:26:54 -0700

> From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> One more BTATS ref.. (can't believe this one was overlooked in this forum)

>

> "Faster than a lazer bullet

>   Louder than an atom bomb

>   Chromium plated boiling metal

>    Brighter than a thousand suns "

> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LTzLZ6VfAA#t=1m55s>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LTzLZ6VfAA#t=1m55s

>           ~~ Painkiller; Judas Priest

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> Anyone know if either band (kj,jp) claims the other as an influence?

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> From: folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com>

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 9:49:00 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> Yes, I made an Oppenheimer reference in an earlier post; I am sure KJ

> don't

> hold license on the quote :)

> I am just curious if this is a cover or or not?

> There are also plenty of Requiems out there, from Mozart to Britten :)

>

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> From: kjlist at live.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:45:14 -0500

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> KJ has an album called "BTATS;" they have an unreleased song called "4

> Stations of the Sun."

>

> "Brighter than a thousand suns" is a reference to a statement made by

> Robert

> Oppenheimer after he observed one of the first nuclear tests back in the

> 1940's. He also paraphrased the Bhagavad Gita at the same time, stating,

> "I

> am become death, destroyer of worlds." So there's that.

>

> Hey, if Sugar Ray can be inspired by KJ ("All around the world, statues

> crumble for me..."), then I guess Linkin Park can be as well, but I

> suspect

> this is just happenstance until someone proves otherwise. Sometimes I

> think

> we tend to see our favorite band in the same way we see shapes in the

> clouds...

>

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> From: folk.devil at hotmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:43:47 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] Fuck You, Linkin Park - more suns

>

> Is this a cover? It appears twice.

>

> http://www.discogs.com/Heldon-Only-Chaos-Is-Real/master/195632

>

>  <http://www.discogs.com/artist/Heldon> Heldon - Only Chaos Is Real

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> Only Chaos Is Real

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> 4:51

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> X

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> Les Racines Du Mal

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> 5:02

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> X

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> Le Plan

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> 8:42

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> X

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> Holly Dolly

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> 7:55

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> Brighter Than A Thousand Suns

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> 6:05

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> X

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> Next Level

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> 7:06

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> X

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> Mutant Monkey

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> 5:42

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> X

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> Ubik

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> 7:07

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> X

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> Last Level

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> 7:20

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> X

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> Brighter Than A Thousand Suns

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> 6:43

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> X

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> Only Chaos Is Real

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> 5:12

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> X

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> Les Racines Du Mal

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> 4:47

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